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Dell:
Precision - Very powerful desktop replacements - great warranty, ridiculously expensive - Usually overpriced or overkill

Latitude - Good Laptops - Great warranty! Highly recommended for any Business environment - Sometimes expensive.

Vostro  - Lower end Business Machines - Better Priced - still durable - Usually 1 Year warranty.

XPS - The nicer looking dell machines, Some are better than others...

Inspiron - YMMV Every model is different

(Plain) Insprion Series - Dells lowest end laptop
(R) Insprion Series - Perfect Home use, dependable, decent build quality, recommended
(Z) Insprion Series - A little slimmer than the R series, Some are Ultrabooks (Very often don't include Optical Drives)

HP:

Spectre - Top of the line personal (dragonfly is the top of the line for business) - lightest laptops, and beautiful!

Pavilion - YMMV (Some better than others)

Probook - Stable durable business systems - Usually a little on the heavy side.

Elitebook - Business Higher end systems, usually pretty expensive

ENVY - Used to be the HP sleek and nicer systems, they pretty much replaced most of the standard pavilions now and call them either ENVY or sleekbooks

Sleekbook - like it sounds slimmer line of laptops

Lenovo:

Thinkpad Series - Very Dependable Business Machine, Expensive (Not Pretty but Durable)

IdeaPad Series -

S Series
U Series - Usually the slimmer line Ultrabooks, Doesn't always include DVD Drive
Y Series - Nice machines with good specs and features (Cool Backlit Keyboards)
Z Series - Step up from the G Series, all around decent build, priced nicely, great home use laptop
G Series - Lower end

Samsung:

Series 3
Series 5
Series 7
Series 9 - The nicest, sleekest looking laptops I've seen in a long time - Can pass for a Macbook!!


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A great post by caliheat:
I believe that there are many factors when deciding what laptop to purchase.
1) What is your intended use and necessary features. e.g. light use vs. heavy use & optical drive, computer speed etc.
2) As mentioned several times in this thread, RAM itself is very easy to upgrade after you purchase.
3) Brand - IMHO this is pretty important as well - which do your prefer vs. which brand do people recommend.
4) Price - you should decide a price range that best suits your needs.
5) Operating System - Many people like myself prefer Windows 7 vs. 8.1, so this would be another consideration.
6) Warranty - does it include 1 year or more, cost for extending warranty.
7) Detailed Specs:
  Processor  - model and speed i3, i5, & i7 2.0 Ghz, 3.0 Ghz etc.
  RAM - This IMHO should be minimum 8GB, especially if running 8.1, however can be added easily.
  Hard Drive - SATA vs. SSD, the latter being much faster. SATA itself offers 5400 RPM vs. 7200 RPM again, the latter being faster.
  Screen Size - this is a personal preference as you can always attach a larger screen in an office setting.
  Battery & Weight - overall laptop weight preference & battery life.
  Graphics - Integrated graphics vs. dedicated graphics, e.g. Intel 4400 vs. Nvidia GTX etc.

In summary, you have to decide what are you priorities, what can be upgraded and what you are flexible on.



Excellent article about the differences between the Intel processor suffixes.

Excellent "Laptop Buying Guide" by @dailykasha, written for Black Friday 2021, updated for holidays 2023

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #900 on: August 03, 2012, 12:36:22 AM »
Bestbuy has an ASUS Core i3 15.6" laptop with 4gb RAM for $310
IMHO Great deal.
For someone looking for a 15.6" with an i3 I would recommend this laptop
So I took the advice and bought it and after a few weeks it started blue screening.  I brought it back to best buy and the geeks decided there is a hardware problem either mother board or memory and they are sending it to Asus.  Should I be worried?  Should I/could I insist on a new one?

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #901 on: August 03, 2012, 12:42:00 AM »
you can insist on a new one but it isn't really a reason to worry sometimes things just happen to hardware - a bad chip etc it can happen after a week too. Having said that I would still try to get a new one since repairs are made using refurb parts and I would want my new laptop to be new

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #902 on: August 03, 2012, 12:47:38 AM »
considering what you've written elsewhere about refurbished parts sounds like I do have what to worry about :(

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #904 on: August 03, 2012, 08:57:21 AM »
@chaimmayer I was refering strictly to hard drives. I dont neccesarily think bad of a refurb motherboard or ram

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #905 on: August 03, 2012, 08:59:30 AM »
@boruch - Not bad - decnt laptop, decnt specs, decent price

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #906 on: August 03, 2012, 09:23:11 AM »
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #907 on: August 03, 2012, 10:12:44 AM »
This one any good ?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dell+-+14%26%2334%3B+Inspiron+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Diamond+Black/4559043.p?id=1218705947299&skuId=4559043&st=4559043&cp=1&lp=1
@boruch - Not bad - decnt laptop, decnt specs, decent price
I would give it a little more than a not bad.

Its a good price for those specs. The processor is the 2 models old i5.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #908 on: August 03, 2012, 10:35:43 AM »
I don't know anything about computers. Q: can I acces the internet with this while commuting? (Not Wifi.)

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #909 on: August 03, 2012, 10:41:53 AM »
I don't know anything about computers. Q: can I acces the internet with this while commuting? (Not Wifi.)
Not with the pre-installed hardware.

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #910 on: August 03, 2012, 10:43:42 AM »
Ok. Thanks. I need to acces the internet during my commute.

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Laptop-Is this a good deal
« Reply #911 on: August 03, 2012, 10:46:39 AM »
I was looking for a laptop that is quick with graphicx, videos and has a webcam.
Is this a good deal?
http://www.edealinfo.com/deal/Dell-XPS-17-2nd-Gen-Intel-Core-i5-2450M-Dual-Core-17-3-Laptop/20120803035

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #912 on: August 03, 2012, 10:47:32 AM »
Ok. Thanks. I need to acces the internet during my commute.

Then you need something with a built in cellular modem, a (USB) dongle/modem or a MiFi-like device. You might also be able to tether to your cellphone, though that probably requires some technical know-how.
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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #913 on: August 03, 2012, 10:52:00 AM »
I said not bad because i5 processors are dropping now - best buy have had many deals for gateway i5 and lenovo i5 for 450 lately

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #914 on: August 03, 2012, 11:06:55 AM »
I said not bad because i5 processors are dropping now - best buy have had many deals for gateway i5 and lenovo i5 for 450 lately
Here us the Gateway with an i5 its $449 (this one is a 15.6") I typically find that 15.6" usually is on sale more often than 14"

I would take a Dell over Gateway

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« Reply #915 on: August 03, 2012, 11:10:18 AM »
Yes, this is a good price for this XPS 17.


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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #916 on: August 03, 2012, 11:19:04 AM »
Here us the Gateway with an i5 its $449 (this one is a 15.6") I typically find that 15.6" usually is on sale more often than 14"

I would take a Dell over Gateway

Now now, if only there was a Dell (or HP/Lenovo) i5 (2/3g) 15.6" for $400/450...
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Re: Laptop-Is this a good deal
« Reply #917 on: August 03, 2012, 11:19:56 AM »
This is what I am looking for in a laptop:
I want to be able to watch movies.
I want to use it a lot for typing documents.(keyboard should be fullsize not netbook)
I want to be able to skype so I need a webcam.
And most important I want it to be quick so if I open 5 browsers to shop or read the news it shouldn't start freezing.

Do you have any other suggestions for laptops that would be good for this?
 

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Re: Looking for cheap good Laptop deal
« Reply #918 on: August 03, 2012, 11:26:13 AM »
The gateway is actually a very nice and wel built computer and has usb 3.0 . the only reason I would take a dell is warranty and tech support is easier with dell than many other compnaies.

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Re: Laptop-Is this a good deal
« Reply #919 on: August 03, 2012, 11:26:51 AM »
This is what I am looking for in a laptop:
I want to be able to watch movies.
I want to use it a lot for typing documents.(keyboard should be fullsize not netbook)
I want to be able to skype so I need a webcam.
And most important I want it to be quick so if I open 5 browsers to shop or read the news it shouldn't start freezing.

Do you have any other suggestions for laptops that would be good for this?
This laptop will deff be able to handle that.

The Q' is if you want a 17.3" over a 15.6" and if you want to pay this price. This is an XPS which is a higher product line that the typical $500 laptop you see.